Ola Gorie silver Rackwick Ladies ring, Celtic knotwork design

Ola Gorie gold Rackwick Ladies ring, Celtic knotwork design

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Rackwick Ladies Ring

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Rackwick Bay is carved out of the red sandstone cliffs of Hoy, open to the rushing waters of the Pentland Firth, which inspired this collection’s swirling shapes. The design also draws on traditional Celtic knotwork.

A popular wedding ring, as the design symbolises eternity.

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Rackwick Ladies Ring

The love of my life and I were in the islands this summer. We were discussing our favorite parts of our adventures when Susie told me her
favorite hike was on Hoy: from the ferry landing to Rackwick and on to the Old Man of Hoy . I wanted to get her something to remind her of our trip and time together and remembered Ola Gorie jewelers. After looking at their website and seeing the Rackwick inspired ring, I knew I was onto something. The people at Ola Gorie were great in helping me get sizing and the order correct and keeping me in the loop of when the ring would be finished and shipped. I didn’t open the box when it arrived and instead left it on the bed in our hotel room for her to discover. When she found it, we opened it together. When Susie saw it she was thrilled and I was amazed that it looked even better than on the website, there was almost no comparison from looking at the website to seeing it in 3D in her finger. The detail and craftsmanship are unsurpassed. I don’t think Susie has taken it off except for a few minutes since I gave it to her.
Thank you Olga Gorie and staff for this wonderful ring and all of your help.
Kim Stone

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Dimensions: I-P.5

Rackwick

Rackwick Bay is carved out of the red sandstone cliffs of Hoy, open to the rushing waters of the Pentland Firth, which inspired this collection’s swirling shapes.

Early records suggest there was a small Norse settlement in this place that collected the bounties of the sea: the name Rackwick means ‘wreckage bay.’ It is connected to the rest of Hoy by two vast glacial valleys, rich in folk tales of giants, trows and water horses.

In the 1950s and 60s, the valley emptied of people. George Mackay Brown wrote:

The poignant thing about this beautiful valley is that, apart from Glen, farmed by Jack Rendall, it has been utterly abandoned. The floor of the valley and its fertile western slope are littered with half-ruined crofts – the windows blind, the roofs fallen in.

One of those was Burnmouth, which Ola visited as a young girl when it was still a working croft. Now it’s a bothy, run by the Hoy Trust for the benefit of campers and other visitors.

For Rackwick is anything but abandoned. George’s lament for a dying community attracted sympathetic visitors from Orkney and beyond and encouraged its rebirth. Artist Sylvia Wishart and composer Peter Maxwell Davies portrayed the valley in their work. Folk from Stromness visited, renovating and restoring, till now only a handful of ruins remain.

The tiny carpark fills for a few hours on summer days, but by evening it’s empty again, leaving you alone with the cliffs, the beach, the waves and the birds. Whether the giants, trows and the ghosts of centuries keep you company is a matter for you and your imagination.